Light Summer color palette
Every color below is chosen to sit with Light Summer coloring, which is cool, strongly light and moderately soft. Hex codes are included so you can match a shade exactly when shopping online.
Core palette
The 20 colors that suit Light Summer best.
- Powder pink#F2C4D0
- Dusty rose#E5A9BC
- Rose pink#D98BA5
- Soft raspberry#C2739A
- Soft lilac#B8A4CC
- Periwinkle#A6A9D6
- Powder blue#93B4DB
- Cornflower#7FA8CC
- Soft denim#6C97BF
- Sea glass#9CC8D6
- Soft jade#A8CFC4
- Cool mint#8FBFAE
- Soft sage#B7CDA6
- Pale citron#D6D9A8
- Soft butter#F0E1B8
- Rose beige#E8C7C0
- Mauve#C9A9B5
- Soft plum#8E7C9E
- Light steel blue#B0C4DE
- Pale orchid#DCC9DE
Neutrals
Buy these first. Neutrals are what you wear most, and they are where most wardrobe mistakes happen.
- Soft white#F4F1EC
- Pearl gray#D5D2CC
- Light cool gray#A9A6A2
- Blue gray#7C8894
- Soft navy#4A5C78
What to skip
For the full reasoning on each, see colors a Light Summer should avoid.
- Black
- Bright orange
- Mustard gold
- Rust brown
- Neon green
- Dark brown
Frequently asked
What colors are in the Light Summer palette?
This page lists 20 wearable colors plus 5 neutrals to build a wardrobe around. You do not need all of them, most people live in six or seven, and the neutrals do the heavy lifting.
What are the best neutrals for a Light Summer?
soft white, pearl gray, light cool gray, blue gray and soft navy. Neutrals matter more than accent colors because they are what you wear most days, and they are where people most often go wrong, usually by defaulting to a neutral that belongs to a different season.
What is the best color for a Light Summer to wear near the face?
Powder pink (#F2C4D0) is the safest high-impact choice. Anything worn near the face, collars, scarves, knitwear, has the strongest effect on how your skin reads, so spend the palette there first and worry about trousers later.
Can I use the Light Summer hex codes for makeup or hair dye?
Use them for clothing and accessories, where a screen color maps reasonably well to fabric. For makeup and hair, use the dedicated pages, pigment on skin behaves differently from dye on cloth, and the recommended shades there account for that.